Re: windoe manager

[Nicole Zimmerman <colby@wsu.edu>]

Have you tried update-alternatives?

`update-alternatives --display x-window-manager`
`update-alternatives --config x-window-manager`

(as root/sudo/etc). Choose the number corresponding to icewm-gnome/icewm
(I don't have that WM installed so I'm not sure how it will come up, it
should tell you the exact path to the binary).

This will of course change it system-wide, but if you are considering
re-installing, that seems like a better solution.

-nicole

At 17:02 on Sep 23, John combined all the right letters to say:

> On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 01:56:04PM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote:
> > Enlightenment does not yield easily.
> > 
> > To give .xinitrc a full chance, I used chmod +x on it,
> > rebooted, and still got enlightenment.
> 
> make sure you have the #!/bin/sh at the beginning of your .xinitrc file.
> This was an old .xsession file I used:
> 
> ----------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> exec icewm-gnome
> ---------------------
> 
> & if this doesn't work, rename your .xinitrc file to .xsession.  One of
> those should work :)
> 
> Or remove enlightenment.
> 
> John
> 
> > 
> > Then, I followed the guidance of Shawn Lamson. I
> > created /home/.xsession with the text icewm and after
> > saving it, I used chmod +x. When I rebooted, I still
> > got enlightenment.
> > 
> > It is beginning to look as if I will either have to
> > reinstall Debian or learn to love enlightenment.